Eleven awarded life sentence for Gujarat riot
By: Nizam Hussain
NEW DELHI, India: 11 people were sentenced to life
imprisonment by a court in the Indian state of Gujarat for killing 11
Muslims during religious riots in 2002.
Four innocent women and five children were among the victims who were
thrown into two wells by a Hindu mob.
Only a handful of cases have been brought to court following the
riots. Fewer still have ended in convictions.
Gujarat police and local authorities have been heavily criticized for
failing to come to the help of victims during the violence, which was
among the worst in India since partition in 1947.
The violence broke out after 60 Hindus were killed when a train
Sabarmati Express was attacked in Godhra, by unknown mob.
How the blaze in which the Hindus died started is not clear.
An interim inquiry conducted by the rail ministry concluded that the
fire was an accident.
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